Durham Region Museums Tour

Durham Region Museums offer a Self Guided Tour

Nine Durham Region Museums invite you to take a delightful self guided tour, an enriching family road trip.

Follow the map on this page and plan an exciting family outing.

Start with a museum, then explore Durham Regions wonderful places to eat, shop, stay and explore. 

See more in the following pages under
the 'travel' section.

Please check individual museum websites for dates they are open, the hours of operation, and the entrance charges as each museum may vary. Please see list of participating museums below with links to more information.

Plan your self guided road trip by having a look at these pages and picking your route. Links to each museum, and the surrounding area are below in alphabetical order, with a route map. Entrance fees to individual museums vary, please see museum websites.

Beaver River Museum
Beaverton Eldon Thorah Historical Society Durham Region Museums Tour Route
284 Simcoe Street,
Beaverton, ON LOK 1AO
705.426.9641
Contact: Julie Everett 
www.btehs.com

Cannington Historical Society
 & Museum MacLeod Park,
Cannington, ON LOE 1EO
705.432.3136
Contact: Margaret Crammond 
BrockHistoricalSocieties.ca

Clarington Museums
62 Temperance Street,
Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A8
905.623.2734
Contact:  Martha Rutherford Conrad 

ClaringtonMuseums.com

Oshawa Community Museum
& Archives Lakeview Park
1450 Simcoe Street South
Oshawa, ON L1H
8S8 905.436.7624
Contact: Melissa Cole 
OshawaMuseum.org

Pickering Museum Village
2365 Concession Road 6
Greenwood, ON
905.683.8401
Contact: Katrina Pyke
CityofPickering.com/museum

Scugog Shores Museum
16210 Island Road,
Port Perry, ON L9L 1B4
905.985.3589
Contact: Shannon Kelly 
ScugogShoresMuseum.com

Sunderland Historical Society
14 Church Street North
Sunderland, ON  L0C 1H0 
705.357.2533
Contact: Larry Doble 
BrockHistoricalSocieties.ca

Uxbridge Historical Centre
Foster
Memorial Mausoleum
& The Leaskdale Manse
National Historic site:
Home of Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tourism Centre:
905-852-0400 
UxbridgeHistoricalCentre.com


Whitby History Museum & Children’s Centre
Canadian Heritage Art Guild
123 Brock Street South
Whitby, ON L1N
4J9 905 556 9822
Contact: Margaret Boyce 
WhitbyHistoricalSociety.com

Why not find out a little bit about your local history, plan a trip to your local museum.